Developers Can Block PS4 Share Play Feature, Says Sony

Sony has clarified that developers can restrict or entirely disable use
of the PS4's Share Play feature, just as Activision has done in Call of
Duty: Advanced Warfare.

"Share Play is a system level feature enabled by System Software Update
2.00, making it available for all PS4 titles," a Sony representative
said, speaking to Ars Technica.
"However the option is available to developers to disable the feature
according to what they feel will best benefit the consumer experience."

Sony has previously said that developers would be able to block certain
"spoiler" scenes during Share Play, though it seems that Activision has
taken this one step further by blocking every single scene in Call of
Duty: Advanced Warfare. Sony doesn't yet have a list of all games that
block the Share Play feature, though its support page for Advanced Warfare does acknowledge that certain developers may block content.

Share Play rolled out with PS4 update 2.0
last week. The feature allows gamers to replicate couch co-op,
virtually handing over the controller to another player so that they can
try out the game for up to an hour at a time. Given that Share Play
essentially allows you to let friends play your games for free,
we can see why it might worry developers, though we wonder if Advanced
Warfare may spark a trend that sees more and more titles block the
feature.

For further updates on PS4's Share Play, keep an eye on Consoleinfo.be